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Assemblyman David Buchwald, D-White Plains, celebrated today Verizon’s decision to to withdraw a proposal to replace copper wire land lines with a cellular product called Voice Link in areas with repeated service outages. Here’s some of the text from his release this morning:

Assemblyman David Buchwald announced that Verizon has withdrawn their application to New York State’s Public Service Commission to exclusively provide “Voice Link” in parts of the State. Verizon’s turnabout came two days after Assemblyman Buchwald, along with Lewisboro’s Police Chief, the AARP, local officials and advocates urged residents of the Towns of Lewisboro and North Salem to be ...

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